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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1920s
Marble Madonna and Child and St. John 18th century Ligurian school
Located in Milan, IT
Ligurian school, 18th century
Madonna and Child and St. John
Marble, cm h. 43 - Base, cm 16 x 8
The sculpture under consideration, depicting a Madonna and Child with St. John at h...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Goldscheider Art Déco Group 'Twin Dancers in Phantasy Costume', Lorenzl ca 1926
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a female dancing couple, named Katta Sterna and Maria Solveg, in identical costumes with backless, fitted, black and white patterned top with black neck piece closed hig...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ary Bitter Bronze Sculpture of Diana with 2 Greyhounds in Nature
By Ary Bitter
Located in Oakland, CA
Ary Bitter Bronze Sculpture of Diana with 2 Greyhounds in Nature. This is a powerful and artistic statue, unusually large and detailed of museum quality and size. Ary Bitter was an i...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 18th Century Italian Putti Candles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice pair of Italian carved wood Putti that hold candles. The base is 7" x 7". The wing spread is 12". From a beautiful home in Santa Barbara.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
17th Century Antique Flax Stripping Tool for Linen Making
Located in Markington, GB
17th century flax stripping tool for linen making
This tool was used to combed and straightened the flax in preparation for spinning. This separates the short fibers called tow an...
Category
17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze Thai Siam Asian Temple Shrine Buddha Head Bust Fragment 18th-19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully sculpted Thai/ Siam Southeast Asian bronze Buddha head on a custom wood stand. The Buddha's eyes are closed in serene meditation. The piece has a wonderful feel and heft to it. Very well well crafted with a gorgeous natural organic patina acquired over age. This bust/fragment likely belonged to a larger Buddha statue...
Category
18th Century Thai Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stone Carved Anthropomorphic Sculpture From The Recuay Culture Peru 400bc-400ac
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTHROPOMORPHIC SCULPTURE CARVED IN STONE OF THE RECUAY CULTURE PERU 400BC-400AC
Recuay is an archaeological culture of Ancient Peru that developed in the Sierra of the current Peruvian department of Áncash between 200 AD. C. until 600 d. C. It corresponds to the stage called Regional Developments, it has also been called the Huaylas or Santa culture.
Like the other Early Intermediate cultures, little is known about this culture. The most accepted position is that it was an extension of the Chavin culture, after the influence of the "White on Red" style in the region. Regarding the political aspect of the recuay, there is a hypothesis that questions their autonomy and maintains that Recuay would be part of one of the many political units that made up the Moche state.
The recuay style, characterized by its ceramics and stone sculpture, was initially described by Eduard Seler in 1893, based on ceramic specimens brought to the Ethnographic Museum in Berlin by Mariano M. Macedo. Seler named this style of pottery Recuay, based on the report that these pieces had been found in the town of Recuay. Later studies showed that this characteristic pottery was not originally from Recuay but from Copa, near Carhuaz, for which reason the name change to that of this town was proposed. Eventually the name of Huaylas was used for this culture. In 1919 Julio C. Tello explored the area and recovered lithic sculptures and Recuay-type ceramics. In the 1960s Rafael Larco Hoyle proposed changing the names of Recuay and Copa to Santa, arguing that the Recuay style had originated in the coastal regions of the Santa Valley. However, the name Recuay has persisted.
Its chronology is also highly debatable. The time of its origin between 0 and 200 AD is discussed. C. and its end or collapse is commonly set to 600 d. C. probably caused by the invasion of the Huari conquerors.
It encompassed almost the entire Callejón de Huaylas, a narrow valley fed by the Santa River and enclosed between two mountain ranges, the Cordillera Blanca to the west and the Cordillera Negra to the east. Its influence extended to the east to the Marañón river basin and to the west to the upper parts of the Santa, Casma and Huarmey valleys. To the north it reached the town of Pashash, in the province of Pallasca.
The Copa area, Marca district, Recuay province, Ancash department seems to have been the center or main nucleus of cohesion of this culture. The name of the culture would then be justified, derived from the province of the same name. Other important settlements were those of Huilcahuaín (near the current city of Ancash), Cátac, Araucay, Tambo, Jancu, Upayacu and Pashash (near the current city of Cabana).
Its main form of expression of art was through stone work (carving and masonry), inherited from its predecessor, the Chavín culture. In addition, they made sculptures in lumps that represent warriors with shields or trophy heads, with which they decorated their complex architectural constructions. They also made white clay pottery...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Gothic Canopy, France, 15th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Gothic canopy
France, 15th century
Alabaster, some traces of polychromy
33 x 23 x 20 cm
Provenance:
- Private collection Genève, Switzerland
...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Art Deco Bronze Figure of a Riverman by Maurice Guiraud-Rivière 1920s
Located in London, GB
A large fine Art Deco patinated bronze figure of "The Riverman" by Maurice Guiraud-Rivière (French, 1881-1947), circa 1920 in date.
This powerful sculpture is modelled and cast a...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Four angels, Provence or Italy, 17th c.
Located in PARIS, FR
Four candle light angels, Provence or Italy 17th century
Rare set of four angels, bearers of the light brought by Christ.
Two stand on cherub-headed supports, one arm on the hip.
T...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Oak Sculpture – The Grief of Mary
Located in Maidstone, GB
A Late 15th/Early 16th Century Oak Sculpture depicting ‘The Grief of Mary’, carved almost in the round with Mary wearing a head scarf, neckerchief and...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
American Art Deco Female Nude Bronze Sculpture by Joseph C. Motto, ca. 1920s
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
This wonderful sculpture in patinated bronze on an original black granite base depicting a nude young woman emerging from the water was created by Joseph C. Motto (American, 18...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Oak Wood Skull Polychromed 18th Century
Located in Esbeek, NL
18th Century polychromed skull
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Pair of 16th Century Carved Oak Saints
Located in Maidstone, GB
A Pair of 16th Century Oak Saints: One being a male depicted wearing a long hooded cloak held together with a brooch over a flowing tunic tied at the ...
Category
16th Century European Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Chryselephantine sculpture, gilded bronze resting on an onyx base, Diana
Located in Madrid, ES
Chryselephantine sculpture, gilded bronze resting on an onyx base, representing Diana
A magnificent early 20th century Art Deco chryselephantine figure of a beautiful young woman sh...
Category
1920s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of angels in gilded wood Rome 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Rome, 17th century
Pair of angels
Gilded wood, cm h 92 - Base, cm 25 x 40
The pair of putti examined is a masterpiece of the Roman Baroque period, a period of pomp and opulence w...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Gilt Terracotta Sculpture of Girl with Garland
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful terracotta sculpture with a gilt glaze.
Category
1920s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Gothic Carved Oak Statue – Virgin of the Annunciation
Located in Maidstone, GB
15th Century Oak Wood Sculpture of the Virgin of the Annunciation beside a lectern supporting an opened book, the Virgin with both hands upraised ( one repaired) turning slightly to the left, her demeanour redolent of strength, compassion and benignity.
Franco Flemish origin, circa 1480, 56 inches in height x 26 inches wide.
Provenance : Lot 347, The Notable Art Collection, New York, April 1949, Joseph Brummer Collection Part 1
Category
15th Century and Earlier Belgian Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Joe Descomps Large Art Deco Bronze Two Women with Flower Garlands
Located in Oakland, CA
A very rare and impressive patinated bronze sculpture of two women holding an extensive array of rose garlands. Quality foundry and all original genuine patina. The piece is signed “...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Roman Marble Sculpture of Hercules, Circa 1st / 2nd Century AD
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Roman Marble Sculpture of Hercules, Circa 1st / 2nd Century AD
The sculpture is nude except for the draped Nemean lion skin.
Provenance: Sotheby's London, December 14, 1981, lot ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Classical Roman Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Agnolo di Polo Firenze 1470 - Arezzo 1528' - Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Agnolo di Polo (Firenze 1470 - Arezzo 1528)
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
Around 1510-1520
Painted and gilded terracotta
55.5 x 24 x 16.5 cm
San Nicholas de Tolentino is represe...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure 'Fascination', Dancer with Headdress by W. Thomasch
Located in Vienna, AT
Impressive Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s:
The young lady with artfully pinned hair wears only transparent stockings and high heels, as well as a headdress densel...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vally Wiethelthier, Drunken Sailor, Art Deco Art Ceramic Figurine, ca. 1925
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT
This funny, humorous tabletop ceramic figurine depicts a drunken sailor lying on his back. Around his neck is a metal ring with an anchor on it.
MARKINGS
Signed on the left buttock: "Italy".
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 2.5 inches
Width: 2 inches
Depth: 3.5 inches
VALERIE “VALLY” WIESELTHIER (Austrian-American, 1895 – 1945) was an outstanding ceramic artist. She was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. Her father, Wilhelm Wieselthier was a lawyer. Valluy attended theWiener Frauenacademie in Vienna from 1912 to 1914 and studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Rosalinda Rothhansl, Kolo Moser, Jodef Hoffmann and Michael Powolny from 1914 to 1920. In addition, she worked as an auxiliary nurse during the First World War.
From 1917 to 1922, she worked for the Wiener Werkstatte. From 1922 to 1927, she ran her own ceramic workshop in cooperation with the Augarten porcelain factory, which was newly founded in 1923, but also with other companies such as Friedrich Goldschider, Gmundner Keramik and Lobmeyr.
Her expressive and humorous porcelain figures attracted attention at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern in Paris in 1925 and are considered typical examples of the Art Deco style style. From 1928, the artist increasingly moved her center of life to the United States. She went to the International Exhibition of Ceramic Art in New York City in October 1928. In 1933, she moved to Chicago with Paul Lester Wiener...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Antique Pre-Columbian Bronze Sculpture Worshiping Inti (God of Sun)
Located in Doha, QA
This is a very rare and extremely unusual figurative solid bronze handcrafted sculpture. The figure is most likely Inca-Mayan and worshiping Inti, also called Apu-punchau,-in Inca religion the sun of God. The work is incredibly detailed, starting with the man’s feet...
Category
18th Century Unknown Pre-Columbian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
17th-18th Century Italian Hand Carved Wooden Reliquary Bust
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Carved wooden reliquary bust representing a Saint figure. Beautiful traces of its original silver and gilding. Weathered, small losses and with...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Wood base or pedestal. Spanish school, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Base. Carved and gilded wood. Spanish school, 17th century.
Base for sculpture made of carved and gilded wood with a rectangular and flat shape, slightly raised on circular legs and...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other
Virgin and the Child, Mosan Region, Second Half of 13th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
A polychrome sculpture depicting the Virgin and the Child
Mosan region, second half of 13th century
Polychrome wood
73 x 29 X 12 cm
Provenance :
Former Belgian private collection from the beginning of the 20th century
This remarkable early artwork portrays the Enthroned Virgin and Child, also known as Sedes Sapientiae, which translates to the 'Seat of Wisdom...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Belgian Medieval Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sculpture, 1920, Art Deco, Sign: Akl. Ges.H.Gladenbeck & Sohn
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign:
Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck was a foundry located in Berlin, Germany, that operated from 1851 until 1926. During the 75-year period when the foundry was in operation it was...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Monumental Feminine Head - Roman Empire - 3rd-4th Century Ad
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Very large feminine head crowned by a tiara
Roman period, 3rd - 4th century AD
Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire (Palmira?)
gray basalt
H 55 cm
Old collec...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Syrian Greco Roman Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Jean Canneel, Belgian Sculptor Cubist Bronze Art Deco
By Jean Canneel
Located in Oakland, CA
Jan Cannel, Belgian Sculptor Cubist Bronze Art Deco. This bronze version is extremely rare, this sculpture sometimes appears on the market made of Terracotta or plaster. Silver-plate...
Category
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Rare Romanesque Capital Representing Daniel in the Lion’s Den, 12th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Engaged Romanesque capital representing Daniel in the Lion’s den
France, 12th century
Limestone
38 x 29 x 18 cm
Provenance : Private coll...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Medieval Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Antique Art Deco 1920s Collectable Original Mannequin Display Head Nr2
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Wonderful mens hand painted head made in the 1920s.
Made of Plaster.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Baroque Period European Antique Carved Polychrome Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce Baroque Period European antique hand carved and painted wood santo altar figure, 17th/18th century, the religious folk art sculpture depicting Ma...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
19th Century Sevres Style Bisque Porcelain Figural Pastoral Group
Located in Tarry Town, NY
French Sevres style white glazed bisque porcelain decorative pastoral figural group in the manner of Michel Victor Acier ( French, 1736-1799 ) depicting a shepherd and shepherdess tying a ribbon around a lamb's neck on a field of roses. The pastoral sculpture...
Category
16th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Polychromed wood base or pedestal. Spanish school, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Base. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 17th century.
Rectangular base base, made of carved and polychrome wood in gray tones, which has been decorated with a series of mo...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Period Spelter Sculpture of a Woman Flapper Dancer
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An elegant sculpture of a female dancer in Art Deco style. It's made of multi-colored patinated spelter. This dancer reflects the roaring 20's. On Port Nero Marble plinth. It has no ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Antique Bronze Sculpture, Signed "Barye", Basset Hound, Antoine Louis Barye
Located in Greven, DE
This particular bronze sculpture of the famous model of Antoine Louis Barye (1796 - 1875) shows a great elaborated basset dog.
This version of Barye´s "Chien Basset Debout" was firs...
Category
1920s French Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Cross Mounted on Calcite Crystals in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian mecca processional cross on a calcite crystal base in matrix with coordinating baroque pearls.
The calcite crystal cluster in matrix is from Elmwood Mine in T...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
'Egyptian Dancer' by Démetre Chiparus
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A cold painted enamel and gilt bronze sculpture of a dancer dressed in Egyptian style scantily clad costume with her arms outstretched. Set over a marble base with front plaque. Sign...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
R. Lullier 'D.H. Chiparus' Art Deco Mantle Sculpture c.1920s
By R. Lullier
Located in Hampstead, QC
R. Lullier (pseudonym of D.H. Chiparus) Sculpture circa 1920 of "The Reader and her Greyhound" mantle sculpture.
This is a bronze patinated spelter...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Spelter
Superb Ceramic "Veiled Lady from Marrakech" by Céline Lepage, Art Deco, France
By Céline Lepage
Located in Paris, FR
Superb 72cm high glazed ceramic by Céline Lepage (1882-1928) representing a veiled lady from Marrakech (Morocco) in the 1920s, French Art Deco period. It...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure 'Papagena', Dancer In Exotic Costume, by Dina Kuhn
Located in Vienna, AT
Impressive Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s:
The young lady with artfully pinned up hair and headdress wears only an exotic-looking short skirt in the manner of a ro...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century French Carved Giltwood Virgin Mary Statue with Glass Eyes on Globe
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful, antique sculpture of the Virgin Mary in prayers was created in Provence, France, circa 1780. Embellished with gold leaf and polychrome finish, the classic religious f...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Carved Figure
Located in Los Angeles, CA
From a beautiful home in Santa Barbara. Not sure if paint is original, but it is definitely old. Finely carved with a lot of character.
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century Personification of the Day Alabaster Sculpture
By Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in Milan, IT
18th century
Personification of the Day
Alabaster, cm 11.5 x 17.5 x 5
With base cm 14.5 x 20,8 x 11.7
Il Giorno is a marble sculpture (160x150 cm) that Michelangelo mad...
Category
18th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Tang Dynasty Paited Terracotta Female Attendant
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa (618-907 AD) A pottery tomb attendant figure in the form of a woman who is wearing a lengthy robe with a red-painted skirt, her robes are painted ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Not sure if paint is original. Finely carved and unusual. From a beautiful home in Santa Barbara.
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
1920s Art Deco Sculpture in Bronze Signed 'Matto' 'Marcel Bouraine', Two Woman
Located in Oakland, CA
1920s Art Deco Sculpture in Bronze Signed ‘Matto’ (Marcel Bouraine), Two dancing young women with tambourines and light. The Bronze sculpture is on stepped Portoro Marble base and was created in France and signed “Matto” which was the pseudonym for Marcel Bouraine. Marcel Bouraine was a renowned French sculptor known for his Art Deco works during the 1920s and 1930s.
This sculpture is made of bronze and is silver-gilt, which means it has a layer of gold or gold-colored material applied to the surface. The base is a most valuable type of marble- “Portoro” marble -which includes gold veining and which adds to its elegance and overall aesthetic.
The depiction of two dancing young ladies with tambourines suggests a lively and dynamic composition, capturing the spirit of the Art Deco era. The addition of the French-style cameo glass light...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Christopher Circa 1600 Alabaster
Located in Esbeek, NL
This Albast statue depicting Saint Christopher, beautiful polychrome
Circa 1600
Alabaster
Category
17th Century European Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
18th Century Italian Gilded Angel Head with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf angel head or "putto" adorned with baroque pearls. A putto is a cherub figure frequently appearing in both mythological and religious paintings and scu...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Carlo Marcellini 'Florence 1644 – 1713', Florentine Baroque Putto
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Carlo Marcellini (Florence 1644 – 1713)
Putto
White and green marble
41.5 x 73.5 cm
This marble putto carved in high relief, almost a tutto tondo, and set on an elegant green marble background, appears almost naked, sitting on a cloud. His peculiar pose, in adoration, suggests that the work was a part of a larger composition including other figures in devotion.
Published in 2007 by Sandro Bellesi in the monograph dedicated to Gioacchino Fortini (pg.155), this beautiful marble putto was included in the catalog of Carlo Marcellini, a prominent figure in the baroque renewal of Florentine art.
Born in Florence in 1644, Carlo Marcellini received his artistic education in the city of the lily, specializing in stone sculpture and stucco modeling under the guidance of Bartolomeo Cennini before continuing his studies in Rome in the Accademia Medicea founded by the Grand Duke Cosimo III in order to familiarize some more promising artists with the essential “ taste of Rome ”.
Under the guidance of Ercole Ferrata and Ciro Ferri, Giovan Battista Foggini...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Chryselephantine Sculpture Charm Of The Orient A Godard
Located in Madrid, ES
Chryselephantine Sculpture Charm Of The Orient A Godard
'THE CHARM OF THE ORIENT', A FIGURE IN silvered BRONZE CASTING AFTER THE MODEL OF A. GODARD, 1920s The...
Category
1920s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco-Dore Bronze Sculpture by R. Joanny Durand
By Joanny Durand
Located in Fairfax, VA
Art deco sculpture "Midinette". A finely cast Dore bronze figure of a well-dressed lady with an umbrella. Signed. Titled on plaque and mounted on stepped onyx base.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Italian Gilded Angels on Amethyst and Calcite in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf angels mounted on amethyst and calcite in matrix. The hand-carved angels were once part of a he...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Amethyst, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Giltwood and Polychrome Saint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In excellent condition considering age. Some losses and chips as expected with the age. From a beautiful home in Santa Barbara.
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Japanese Antique Wooden Cloud Sculpture/Wall Hanging Decoration/1700-1860
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a cloud-shaped wooden sculpture made around the Edo period in Japan.
It is an ornament attached to the central part of the roof of shrines and temples.
It is likely that ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cypress
18th Century Italian Angel Wing with Rutilated Quartz on an Aragonite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf angel wing with rutilated quartz crystals on natural-forming aragonite crystal cluster. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction in a historic church in Italy.
The aragonite is from Morocco and is known for this particular type of crystalized formations. The mineral emulates a cloud which is compliments the 18th century Italian gilded angel wing. The rutile quartz crystals are adorned on the base and aspects of the wing and the gold of the rutile perfectly matches the original gilded 18th century Italian artifact...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Ceramic Sculpture "Nude Woman with Child" by Eugenio Pattarino, Italy, 1920s
Located in Torino, IT
Ceramic sculpture
"Nude woman with child",
signed Eugenio PATTARINO
(1885-1971)
ORIGIN
Italy
PERIOD
1920's
AUTHOR
Eugenio PATTARINO
(1885-1971)
MODEL
Nude woman w...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique, New and Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Figurative sculpture is a modern art form in which artists create work that is typically representative of the visible world. However, sculptures that are considered to be figurative in style can definitely be inclusive of abstract elements. A wide range of antique, new and vintage figurative sculptures has been made over the years by both well-known and emerging artists, and these pieces can prove striking and provocative as part of your home decor.
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There are a variety of figurative sculptures on 1stDibs created by artists working in a number of styles, including Art Deco, Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and more. A large figurative sculpture can introduce an excellent focal point in a guest bedroom, while smaller works might draw the eye to spaces such as wall shelving or a bookcase that people may otherwise overlook.
When decorating your living room, dining room, home office and study areas with figurative sculptures, don’t be afraid to choose bold colors to inject brightness into neutral spaces. Texture is another factor to consider when purchasing figurative sculptures. A highly textural work of ceramics or wood will catch the eye in a sleek modern space, whereas a smooth, flat glass sculpture can offer an often much-needed contrast in a room that already has many textures.
On 1stDibs, find antique, new or vintage figurative sculpture or other kinds of sculpture for your home decor today.
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Fig Leaf
Hermes Arion Sculpture
Chinoiserie Man
Art Nouveau Bronze Statue
Male Face Sculpture
Neoclassical Antique Statue
Thai Buddha Head
Carved Stone Figure Head
Jade Items
Thai Buddha Heads
Buddha Head Siam
Philippines Carved Wood
Fish Net
Etling France
Italian Renaissance Pedestals
Roman Helmet
Fruit Sculpture Pair
Furniture 1840 1890